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Using the PLA (‘Premium Lightweight Architecture) of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport will enable Land Rover to extract up to half a tonne off the weight of the Discovery 4, whose 2.5-tonne steel bulk has been its Achilles heel for a while now. That should bring significant handling and economy advantages compared to the current model.

2. It’ll be Ingenium powered

One of the vehicles in our spyshots is powered by 3.0-litre diesel engine, and 3.0-litre petrol versions have also been spotted elsewhere. We know that the new Ingenium engine has been designed with larger displacements and cylinder counts in mind, so it’s possible that these are the new, 3.0 V6 Ingenium units that our sources have hinted at.

The other vehicle is a 2.0-litre diesel. Generating a maximum of 187bhp in the current Disco Sport, the 2.0-litre Ingenium diesel might feel puny in the larger Discovery 5… unless it was boosted by hybrid power. The PLA was engineered from the outset to accommodate full hybrid drive, which is available in the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. Applying that engineering to the Discovery 5 would seem logical…

3. It’ll resemble the Discovery Vision concept

If you’ve come to love the Discovery 4’s brick-like road presence, you might not like what’s coming. The Disco 5 will be much closer to the Discovery Vision concept (unveiled in April last year) than its predecessor.

At first glance the development vehicles seem to have large, bulging hindquarters, but compare them against the silhouette of the Discovery Vision concept and you’ll see the resemblance. They share the shallow stepped roofline, curved clamshell bonnet (like the Disco Sport) and those vertical front bumper intakes. The concept’s pillarless doors and lack of B-pillar may be too much to ask for though…

4. It’ll be priced accordingly…

Industry experts have speculated that using the light-weight PLA architecture could add up to £7000 to the starting price of the Discovery 5. With the current vehicle available from £41,600 in the UK, this could give a starting price for the Discovery 5 of between £48,000 and £49,000.

The wraps should be off during 2016, with production expected to begin in early 2017. Make sure to keep an eye on LRO.com for the latest news on the future of the Land Rover Discovery…

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